What is the best thing to use to mask the smell from a kerosene heater? I need it to try drying out my cellar?

No open flame burners or heaters should be used in an enclosed area. Use a few fans instead to evaporate the moisture into the air.. This will eventually dry the visible moisture. A dehumidifier will remove moisture from the air safely and quickly.What is the best thing to use to mask the smell from a kerosene heater? I need it to try drying out my cellar?
Take out life insurance first and leave it to someone who won't be living in the house as you are about to gas everyone there with monoxide fumes.





You are not to use a kerosene heater in enclosed spaces. They need lots and lots of venting and air. You can use an electric fan to blow on wet spots (don't set in the water)..





With the small windows in most basements, I am not sure it is possible to vent it enough that it is safe. Kerosene takes out the oxygen and puts monoxide in the air. So anyone in the house could be asphyxiated. There were just 2 girls in Florida who were killed in a home where one of the girl's mom had a vehicle on in the garage. Even leaving the garage open, which she didn't, could have been dangerous. Now 2 girls, her own and a friend's child are dead because of the monoxide fumes.





So it isn't a matter of just masking the odor. Sometimes with gas an odor is added so people realize that they can't run it inside or know when there is a leak. I don't know that kerosene has that horrible smell added like natural gas does or not. But if you use kerosene, it should be in a well ventilated area. Some people who heat by kerosene have it vented to the outside with a stovepipe, just like they'd do wood, etc. But not for a small kerosene heater.





First you can get a shop vac to pick up the water on the floor. They are fairly inexpensive - maybe $29.95 and you can use it other times. Use only the kind for water. You may be able to rent a scrubber that picks up water and you can scrub it if you want to, but can pick up the water. Then you can take old rags and towels to get up some of dampness as well if you still need it and then use a fan to blow across and dry up the last. you don't have to use that heater at all.





Be safe.